The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-31
FLORIDA.

TowleS q Hendry are starting lumber
yard at Fort Myers.
Mrs. Carr's new residence on Bay street,
st. Augustine, is nearing completion.
The Alcaza, at St. Augustine, when COM
pleted, will be kept open all the year.
1t is reported that a heather Chinee will
shortly establish laundry at Daytona.
The crop of Peen-to peaches at Alta
monte promises to be particularly heavy and
of an excellent quality.
The orange crop at Cotton Plant, Marion
county, will average this coming winter
about two-thirds of full crop.
The County Commissioners of DeSoto
county have made demand for the court
papers, etc, on Manatee county.
Mr.. Holmes states that some Chicago
magnate has donated large supply of fur
niture for the Congregational college at
Chuluota.
A. A. Arnold and f. f. Palmquist, two
mechanics of Jacksonville, have perfected
what they term a car window screen and
spark arrester.
OF the lurge number of fireplaces in the
Ponce de Leon Hotel, at st. Augustine,
there are no two alike. Workmen are now
engaged in putting up the mantels, tiled
work, etc.
A meeting of all cattle owners of De
Soto county will be held at Arcadia on
Thursday Sept Is, to select recording
officers and discuss matters of great impor-
lance to cattle men.
Hardy johnson and Babe Williams, of
Arcadia, returned from ten days alliga-
tor hunt Saturday night The brought in
PIT alligator skins, besides killing several
deer and smaller game.
The steam ferryboat at Daytona was not
passed by the Government Inspector on his
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before being riveted together should have
been tested and stamped.
Capt. F. A. Hendry has returned to Fort
| Myers from the upper river country. He
reports that the surveying party were fully
satisfied that they would find - feet fall
from Lake Okeechobee southwark.
The Board of County Commissioners of
DeSoto are hard at work this week getting
things in shape. They will probably re
! district the county, call the election on the
liquor question and the permanent location
of the county site.
The railway company offers to build a
| bridge for $4,000 across the Halifax river
at Daytona and extend trade TO the ocean
The bridge, like that at Ormond, is to be
available for street cars and wagons. II will
probably be built this winter.
1t is rumored that work will soon be COM
| menced on the building Of Lawrence Thomp-
son, at Daytona On the ground floor will
be three stores, the sonth one probably a
drug store. The upper stories will be de
voted to offices and large hall.
In the Leesb burg city election Monday the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year Mayor, Z. Il. Mote; Alder
men, w. +. Humphreys, r. T. Burton and
| T. S. Maude; Assessor, T. j. Ivy; Clerk, p
w. Butler; Marshal, w G. Engleman.
Officers were out over the line of the Ala
bama Florida and Atlantic road searching
last week for two negroes. One was wanted
| for some murder committed in Nolusa
county. The search proved unsuccessful, as
both negroes had found it convenient TO
seek safer scenes.
Cedar Keys is happy over three matters
which, it is thought, will cause the place TO
boom in lively fashion. The causes for its
rejoicing are; The building of the Branford
railroad the advent of the Morgan Steam
ship Line; and the erection of lotion cold
! storage warehouse.
The new stores az Bombay report fnvora-
| bly, on the business outlook and look for
ward with much confidence 20 the fall
trade which IN that section has been yearly
increasing. More trade and business devci-
opment has taken place at Bombay this
! summer than there was all last winter